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Justices Begin Deliberations In Pan Am Bombing Trial Of 2 Libyans

January 19, 2001|By From Tribune News Services.

CAMP ZEIST, THE NETHERLANDS — After 84 days of arduous hearings, Scottish High Court justices on Thursday began deliberating the case against two Libyans accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The court was considering 10,232 pages of testimony from 235 witnesses regarding the terrorist attack, which killed 270 people, including 189 Americans.

The judges promised to reconvene in a public session at a specially built, high-security courthouse in the Netherlands on Jan. 30 and indicate whether they are ready to set a ruling date.

"There is a great deal of material," said Ranald Sutherland, chairman of the court.